These plants are no wallflowers
By Max Pizarro, PolitickerNJ.com ReporterMedford Mayor Scott Rudder, Republican candidate for the Assembly in district 8, defended the decision made by his running mate Phil Haines to remain silent during the debate portion of last week's campaign forum in Leisuretown.
"The thing about these forums is who wins come down to whoever has more plants in the audience," said Rudder.
Indeed, Republican and Democratic operatives were floating in the crowd in the crowd that night; and the Republicans said they feared hidden cameras, and the blind-siding embarrassing question.
The big money Democrats here are running television ads out of Philadelphia and the GOP fear is their faces and words will be distorted into ad fodder with two and a half weeks to go before Election ay.
Haines, the county clerk in Burlington, said he's campaigned for years in Leisuretown, knows the mostly Republican residents there and feels comfortable interacting with them, and listening to their concerns one-on-one.
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Try again, Phil
My in-laws have lived in Leisuretown for nearly 10 years and wouldn't know Haines if they tripped over him. I'd venture to say they would be just as likely to know the Democratic Senate candidate.
Clearly, the GOP was counting on the family name to carry them, but they mis-underestimated the challenge they were going to get.
Top 10 Plants that Mayor Scott Rudder Fears Most:
Top 10 Plants that Mayor Scott Rudder Fears Most:
10. Trees: Boss Paulsen says: "Keep Your Self Away from Bark"
9. Tulips
8. Grass: Green grass reminds him that he has not approved enough development... Grass = Open Space = Bad
7. Orchids: Barney is the only thing he likes that is purple...
6. Tomatoes: Flash backs of the last Council meeting when he tried to introduce his plan to raise taxes AGAIN!
5. Bonsai Trees: Causes nightmares of being Crane Kicked by Daniel Larusso. He was always partial to the Cobra Kai
4. Corn: Corn is the ONLY thing that rises faster than taxes and spending in Medford
3. Seymour (Little Shop of Horrors): Fictional Plant spends as much in property taxes as his Senate running mate...
2. Robert Plant: Stairway to Heaven might irritate our Right Wing Base
1. Councilwoman Debbie Sarcone: Despite her best efforts, she could not stay on message... "I was so embarrassed when the moderator at the debate forced them to remove her microphone."
Terrible
The whole top ten thing jumped the shark by number 5 on the first list.
Commonsensenj: I don't know if you took statistics in high school (or graduated for that matter), but your inlaws are not exactly a satisfactory sample.
Haines STILL wins
I am so sorry that you think Haines has no name rec, but Bodine seems scared to death that after november 6th he will have to live as a regular citizen! lolol
Haines has mucho name rec outside of politics because of his years of work with the boy scouts, veterans orgs, and the United Way. What has Bodine have? Oh yes, his women hating golf club org!
Haines wins hands down and has enough to take addiego and rudder with him